Glass jug

Roman

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Translucent light green; handle, base ring, and trails in same color.
Rounded, thickened rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; sloping shoulder; body with straight side tapering downwards; outsplayed, solid base ring, made by tooling; deep kick and pontil scar on bottom; broad strap handle with five ribs applied to shoulder with long claws extending down to top of body, drawn up and outwards, then turned in, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of mouth with one open loop above.
On underside of mouth, a single thick horizontal trail; a fine trail wound unevenly once around upper part of neck.
Complete, but with cracks in neck and upper body; many pinprick bubbles; dulling, iridescence, and small patches of limy weathering.

Glass jug, Glass, Roman

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